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    "scope_statement": "This model owns the identity, development, organ composition, condition and handling eligibility of parsley identified as Petroselinum crispum, including living plants and harvested material whose parsley identity remains relevant.",
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      "Botanical identification and uncertainty about material labelled parsley",
      "Cultivar or type, including distinctions relevant to leaf and root production",
      "Development and growing conditions of living parsley",
      "Identity, quantity and harvest readiness of parsley organs",
      "Freshness, damage, contamination concerns and handling history",
      "Eligibility for propagation, harvest, storage and intended culinary use"
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      "The wider garden, farm, soil system or irrigation installation",
      "Recipes and composite foods containing parsley",
      "Medicinal preparations, therapeutic claims and clinical decisions",
      "Commercial orders, pricing and supply-chain contracts",
      "General pest, pathogen and pesticide models"
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      "Check whether identification establishes Petroselinum crispum rather than relying on the word parsley on a label.",
      "For leafy material, compare leaf division, leaflet margins and arrangement against an appropriate botanical reference; record whether coriander or chervil has actually been excluded.",
      "Assess flat versus curled foliage separately from species identity; a curled-leaf expectation must not automatically exclude flat-leaf parsley.",
      "For root-bearing material, inspect the leaves and crown alongside the root and check provenance; a parsley-like root or a root-parsley label alone does not resolve identity.",
      "For wild-collected or uncertain material, require a competent identification that excludes hazardous lookalikes before considering ingestion; appearance or scent alone is insufficient."
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        "why_it_matters": "Controls whether cultivation advice and food-use decisions can safely apply to the material."
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        "name": "Parsley type or cultivar",
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        "unit_or_values": "recorded cultivar; flat-leaf | curled-leaf | root-production type | unknown",
        "why_it_matters": "Changes the expected appearance, intended harvest organ and interpretation of growth."
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        "name": "Material represented",
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        "unit_or_values": "living plant | propagation material | harvested leaves and stems | harvested root | dried material | frozen material",
        "why_it_matters": "Determines which observations and actions remain meaningful."
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      {
        "name": "Developmental stage",
        "kind": "state",
        "unit_or_values": "ungerminated | seedling | vegetative | flowering | fruiting | senescent | unknown",
        "why_it_matters": "Supports decisions about establishment, leaf harvest and reproductive propagation."
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        "name": "Harvest organ",
        "kind": "category",
        "unit_or_values": "leaf blade | leaf stalk | root | reproductive material | mixed | unidentified",
        "why_it_matters": "Prevents readiness, quality and handling criteria for one organ from being applied to another."
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        "name": "Root-zone moisture observation",
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        "unit_or_values": "volumetric water content (%) when measured, with depth, method and time",
        "why_it_matters": "Helps interpret wilting and watering needs without assuming that every wilted plant lacks water."
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        "name": "Leaf condition",
        "kind": "state",
        "unit_or_values": "observed turgor, colour, lesions, tissue loss and visible decay, each with extent and observation time",
        "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of plant stress and harvested-leaf quality while keeping symptoms separate from diagnosis."
      },
      {
        "name": "Harvested quantity",
        "kind": "measurement",
        "unit_or_values": "g or kg, with organ, preparation state and measurement time",
        "why_it_matters": "Makes quantities comparable across whole bunches, trimmed leaves and roots."
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        "name": "Harvest and storage history",
        "kind": "relation",
        "unit_or_values": "links to harvest, washing, drying, freezing and storage observations or events",
        "why_it_matters": "Provides evidence for freshness and handling decisions that appearance alone cannot establish."
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      {
        "name": "Use eligibility",
        "kind": "state",
        "unit_or_values": "unassessed | eligible for specified use | hold pending evidence | unsuitable for specified use",
        "why_it_matters": "Expresses a decision tied to an intended action and its evidence rather than treating edibility as unconditional."
      }
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    "affordances": [
      "Request or verify parsley identification before assigning food-use eligibility.",
      "Propagate and establish parsley using a plan appropriate to the available propagation material.",
      "Adjust cultivation in response to observed growth and root-zone conditions.",
      "Harvest selected leaves or roots according to plant type, readiness and the intended future of the plant.",
      "Sort, prepare and preserve identified harvested parsley using a suitable handling protocol.",
      "Hold, segregate or reject material when identity, contamination history or deterioration prevents the intended use."
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    "agent_conduct": {
      "may": [
        "Identify parsley and report plant condition for the grower who authorized it.",
        "Describe culinary use and growing needs from horticultural sources."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Confuse parsley with poisonous plants of the carrot family when advising on foraging.",
        "Recommend concentrated parsley preparations as medicine, especially in pregnancy.",
        "Misrepresent origin or organic status of produce.",
        "Recommend pesticides beyond label instructions."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Deciding to eat wild plants of the carrot family."
      ]
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    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Misidentification of similar wild plants can be fatal.",
        "Fresh herbs can carry foodborne pathogens."
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      "affected_parties": [
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        "Growers"
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    "owners": {
      "steward": "The grower who cultivates it.",
      "master_systems": []
    },
    "visual_identification": [
      "Bright green flat or curled divided leaves.",
      "Small yellow-green umbels of flowers in the second year."
    ],
    "failure_modes_and_hazards": [
      "Confusion with fool's parsley and hemlock.",
      "Contamination of fresh herbs with bacteria."
    ],
    "what_it_is_for": [
      "Parsley is cultivated in gardens, containers and commercial horticulture for use as a culinary herb.",
      "Its leaves are used fresh or dried in food, while root parsley varieties are also cultivated for their edible roots.",
      "Living plants and harvested material are assessed for identity, growing condition, freshness and suitability for food use."
    ],
    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "The General Principles of Food Hygiene, issued by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, apply to parsley handled as food.",
      "The Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, issued by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, applies to fresh parsley production and handling."
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      "title": "Wikidata item Q25284: parsley",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25284",
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      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
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      "title": "Wikipedia: Parsley",
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        "id": "parsley-identity",
        "name": "Parsley identity",
        "description": "Establishes what the material is and which parsley form it represents.",
        "rationale": "A common-name label cannot establish species identity, and parsley forms can differ in appearance and harvest purpose.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "botanical-identification",
            "name": "Botanical identification",
            "description": "Records evidence supporting parsley identification and exclusions of plausible alternatives.",
            "findings": [
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                "id": "identity-evidence",
                "name": "Identity evidence",
                "description": "The agent must distinguish an asserted parsley identity from an identification supported by observable material and provenance.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What evidence identifies this material as Petroselinum crispum, and who or what supplied that identification?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "identity-evidence-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which plausible alternatives remain unresolved because leaves, stems, flowers, roots or reliable provenance are unavailable?",
                    "kind": "boundary",
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                  }
                ]
              }
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            "name": "Cultivated form",
            "description": "Separates species identity from cultivar, foliage form and production purpose.",
            "findings": [
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                "id": "type-and-harvest-purpose",
                "name": "Type and harvest purpose",
                "description": "The agent must record whether leaf or root production is intended and whether the assigned type is documented or inferred.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is a cultivar or flat-leaf, curled-leaf or root-production type documented, observed or merely inferred?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "type-and-harvest-purpose-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is this parsley being maintained primarily for leaves, roots or reproductive material?",
                    "kind": "definition",
                    "id": "type-and-harvest-purpose-q02"
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          }
        ]
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      {
        "id": "living-parsley-development",
        "name": "Living parsley development",
        "description": "Connects establishment, vegetative growth and reproductive development to cultivation decisions.",
        "rationale": "Managing parsley for repeated leaf harvest requires different observations from establishing seedlings or retaining plants for reproduction.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "establishment-and-growth",
            "name": "Establishment and growth",
            "description": "Records how a parsley plant was established and whether it is progressing.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "establishment-progress",
                "name": "Establishment progress",
                "description": "The agent must interpret emergence and subsequent growth against dated observations and known starting material.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "When was this parsley sown or transplanted, and what is known about the starting material?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "establishment-progress-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What emergence, survival and new-leaf growth have been observed over a stated interval?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "establishment-progress-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "growth-conditions-and-transition",
            "name": "Growth conditions and transition",
            "description": "Relates growing conditions and reproductive development to the intended harvest.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "cultivation-response",
                "name": "Cultivation response",
                "description": "The agent must record environmental observations and flowering status before choosing interventions for poor growth or changing harvest goals.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What root-zone moisture, drainage, light and temperature observations accompany the current leaf growth and turgor?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "cultivation-response-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Has flowering begun, and should management continue to prioritise leaves or change to reproductive material?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "cultivation-response-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "parsley-organs-and-harvest",
        "name": "Parsley organs and harvest",
        "description": "Identifies the harvestable material and consequences of removing it.",
        "rationale": "Leaf cutting, root harvest and collection of reproductive material affect the plant differently and need distinct readiness judgments.",
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          {
            "id": "organ-readiness",
            "name": "Organ readiness",
            "description": "Evaluates the particular parsley organ against the intended harvest purpose.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "harvest-target",
                "name": "Harvest target",
                "description": "The agent must judge readiness using the target organ and parsley type rather than a single generic maturity label.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which organ is intended for harvest, and what observed size, development and condition support harvesting it now?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "harvest-target-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "For a proposed root harvest, is root production supported by the recorded parsley type and observed root development?",
                    "kind": "boundary",
                    "id": "harvest-target-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "harvest-effect",
            "name": "Harvest effect",
            "description": "Records what was removed and whether continued plant growth is intended.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "removal-and-regrowth",
                "name": "Removal and regrowth",
                "description": "The agent must distinguish a harvest intended to retain a growing plant from one that removes the plant or its root.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What leaves, stalks or roots will be removed, and is the plant intended to remain productive afterward?",
                    "kind": "action",
                    "id": "removal-and-regrowth-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "After a leaf harvest, what retained foliage and subsequent new growth were observed?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "removal-and-regrowth-q02"
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        "id": "parsley-condition-and-use-eligibility",
        "name": "Parsley condition and use eligibility",
        "description": "Separates visible quality, possible causes of damage and evidence needed for intended use.",
        "rationale": "Wilted or discoloured parsley requires interpretation, while acceptable appearance cannot resolve uncertain identity or contamination history.",
        "layers": [
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            "description": "Captures organ-specific condition without turning visual symptoms into unsupported diagnoses.",
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                "id": "observed-condition",
                "name": "Observed condition",
                "description": "The agent must record the location, extent and progression of wilting, yellowing, tissue damage or decay.",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which parsley organs show wilting, yellowing, lesions, feeding damage or decay, and how extensive are the observations?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "observed-condition-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What evidence separates a proposed pest, disease, water-stress or handling explanation from an unresolved symptom?",
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            "description": "Connects identity and exposure history to eligibility for a specified culinary use.",
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              {
                "id": "use-decision",
                "name": "Use decision",
                "description": "The agent must retain unresolved identity and exposure concerns when deciding whether parsley may enter food preparation.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is known about the material's origin, pesticide applications, water contact and handling that bears on the proposed food use?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "use-decision-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Does the available evidence support the specified use, require holding the material for verification or justify rejection?",
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                    "id": "use-decision-q02"
                  }
                ]
              }
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        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "harvested-parsley-handling",
        "name": "Harvested parsley handling",
        "description": "Tracks harvested parsley through preparation, storage and preservation.",
        "rationale": "A fresh bunch, separated leaves, harvested roots and preserved parsley have different quality observations and handling requirements.",
        "layers": [
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            "id": "fresh-material-history",
            "name": "Fresh material history",
            "description": "Records the condition and handling of parsley after removal from the plant.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "freshness-context",
                "name": "Freshness context",
                "description": "The agent must interpret current freshness using organ identity, harvest timing, storage exposure and direct observation.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "When was the parsley harvested, which organs are present, and what storage temperatures and packaging are documented?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "freshness-context-q01"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What changes in turgor, colour, surface moisture, odour and visible decay have occurred during storage?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "freshness-context-q02"
                  }
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            ]
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            "id": "preparation-and-preservation",
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            "description": "Records handling that changes the material's form and the criteria used to judge it.",
            "findings": [
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                "id": "preserved-material-state",
                "name": "Preserved material state",
                "description": "The agent must distinguish washing, chopping, drying and freezing events and reassess the resulting parsley for its intended use.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What washing, trimming, chopping, drying or freezing has occurred, and under which documented procedure?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "preserved-material-state-q01"
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                  {
                    "text": "Which storage or preparation action is appropriate for this organ and material state under an applicable verified protocol?",
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    "Which authoritative identification references and minimum observable characters should govern exclusion of parsley lookalikes in each relevant region?",
    "Which cultivar distinctions materially change root-harvest expectations, leaf-harvest readiness and regrowth decisions?",
    "What locally supported cultivation ranges and symptom-assessment procedures should guide watering, establishment and flowering-related decisions?",
    "Which validated storage and preservation protocols apply separately to parsley leaves, roots and reproductive material?",
    "Where should the registry place the boundary between dried or frozen parsley that retains this model and extracts or composite preparations owned by neighbouring models?"
  ],
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